Embroidery needle



s. M. BIKER. EMBROIDERY NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. 192!- Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

351 M mom s Patented S'iept. 5, 1922a entree era-res SAMUEL M. BIKER, OF CHESTER, NEW JERSEY;

EMBROIDERY nnnnnni Application filed June 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. BIKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery Needles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in needles; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a novel construction of embroidery needle, provided with a channelled handle; or shank in which the embroidery silk, cotton, floss, in the form of a thread, is threaded, and to which the embroidery needle is detachably and adjustably connected, the said channeled handle or shank being further provided with a suitably disposed threadreceiving guide or guides.

The invention relates, furthermore, to a novel embroidery needle, the handle or shank of which is provided with a thread-engaging means, preferably in theform of a pivoted clamp adapted to be actuated by the operator to tighten the embroidery loop of the thread and to prevent pulling of the thread from the material, as the same is being embroidered.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed embroidery needle, which prevents pulling of the thread upon'the return-stroke of the needle from the material, the thread, furthermore, being held taut, so that the embroidered surface is devoid of any loose thread-portions, and that a perfectly smooth embroidered surface will be produced.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same. With the various objects of the present invention. in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel embr-Qidfiry needle here- 1921. Serial No. 479,701.

inafter set forth; and, the said. invention consists, furthermore, in'the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following,

specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are" ap-' pended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face-view of'an embroidery needle, showing one embodiment of the principles of. the present invention, said view illustrating also the use of the needle in the fabric which is being connection with embroidered.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional representation of the needle, said section beingtaken on line 2--2 in said Figure 1, and the said view being made on'an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a view of a fragmentary portion of the handle or shank of theneedle, said view being also made on an enlarged scale, said view showing in connection therewith, one arrangement ofthread-retaining loopor guide; and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional representation of the needle, said section being taken on line 4.4: in said Figure 1, said view being also'made on an'enlar'ged scale;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal vertical sec tional representation of a. fra'gme'ntary'portion of the handle or'shank of the needle, and of a thread-engaging means or clamp pivotally connected with the said handle or shank, said view being also made on an enlarged scale; and Figure 6 1s a transverse sectional representation of the same, said section beingtaken on line 6 6 in said Fig Similar characters of reference are employedin all of the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the'said figures of the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a complete embroidery needle made according to andembodying the principles of the present invention.

As shown in the several figures of the drawings, the andle of the emb o y? portion, the said handle has a tubular extension 10, in alinement with the said longitudinally extending groove or channel 3, said extension, as will be seen from an inspection of Figure l of the drawings, being of circular configuration in transverse section, and having a longitudinally extend ing slit 11, bounded by the marginal edges 13 and 14-, one of which, as 1 f, being provided with a plurality of laterally extending and short slits or open portions 15. At its lower extreme end, the said tubular extension 10 is made with oppositely project ing wings 16 and 17 with which are con nected and extend laterally and forwardly beneath the end of said extension 10, a pair ofarc-shaped members 18 and 19 terminating in front near each other in an opening 20, as will be clearly evident from an in spection of Figure 4 of the drawings. The said channelled or grooved handle of the embroidery needle may also be provided at any suitable point or points with an outwardly and inwardly curved member 21. preferably forming an integral portion of the said handle-body. said member thus providing a suitable thread-receiving loop or guide, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings.

Adjust-ably disposed in the tubular extension 10 is a tubular and longitudinally slitted needle-member, as 22, provided at or near its pointed piercing end 23 with a thread-receiving eye 24, and the sha11k-portion of the said needle-member being provided at its end, which is slidably disposed within said tubular extension 10, with a laterall I ro ecting member 25 said member .l r, a

25 serving as a fingerpiece for moving the needle-member back and forth within said tubular extension and moving it into any one of the said short slits or open portions 15, so as to lock the said needle-member in the desired adjusted relation to the handle body of the embroidery needle, as will be clearly evident. The said laterally projecting member 25, also serves as a means for removing the needle-member 22 from said tubular extension 10, or for inserting the needle-member in said extension, as will be fully understood. 7

If desired, there is pivotally disposed with in the groove or channel 3 of the handle body, by means of pintles 26 which extend into holes or perforations 27 in the marginal portions 4 and 5 of the handle-body, a threadengaging element, as 28, formed at one end with an outwardly extending fingerpiece, as 29, and at its other end with a curved portion 30, having a downwardly extending thread-engaging member or clamping aw, as 31, as clearly shown in Figures 1, 5 and 6 of the drawings.

Having in the foregoing described the gen eral construction of the embroidery needle, I will now briefly set forth the manner of inserting the embroidery silk or thread 32,

and the manner of using the embroidery needle in connection with embroidering up on the fabric.

In inserting the thread, the latter is placed within the longitudinally extending channel or groove 3, being retained in its operative relation to the handle-body by the loop or guide 21. The thread is also passed beneath the retaining or clamping jaw Slot the device 28, being passed into and through the tubular extension 10 and the tubular needlemember 22 from which it passes through the eye 24; p with the fabric for embroidering the latter will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figure l of the drawings. To releasethe thread, during the downward stroke, while piercing the fabric, the operator by means of the thumb presses upon the fingerpiece 29, so as to raise the jaw 31 out of its engagement, but to prevent pulling and to hold the thread taut, during the return-stroke. pressure is applied by the operator upon the part 30, whereby the jaw 31 is sufficiently The manner of usingthe device parts, as well as in the (lO-JitilS of the conlar extension at one end of said body, said extension being longitudinally slitted and having a plurality of laterally extendingv gitudinally slitted and having a plurality of laterally extending short slits, a needle having a portion movably disposed within said extension, and a laterally extending member projecting from said needle, serving as a fingerpiece and being adapted to enter into retaining engagement'with alaterally extending slit in said extension.

8. An embroidery needle comprising a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, a tubular extension at one end of said body, a needle having a portion within said extension, and means connected with the shank of the needle for attachment of the latter to said extension, combined with thread-engaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above the thread-receiving channel of said handlebody.

4;. An embroidery needle comprising a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, a tubular extension at one end of said body, a needle having a portion within said extension, and means connected with the shank of the needle, and with said extension for adjustably connecting the needle with said extension, combined with threadengaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above the thread-receiving channel of said handlebody.

5. An embroidery needle comprising a handlebody provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, a tubular extension at one end of said body, said extension being longitudinally slitted and having a plurality of laterally extending short slits, a needle having a portion movably disposed within'said extension, and a laterally extending member projecting from said needle, serving as a fingerpieee and be ing adapted to enter into retaining engagement with a laterally extending slit in said extension, combined with thread-engaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above the thread-receiving channel of said handle-body.

6. An embroidery needle comprising a handle-body providedwith a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, an outwardly and inwardly curved member exa tending from said body acrossthe said thread-receiving channel to provide a thread retaining loop, and a needle connected with and extending from the end of said handle-body, combined with thread-engaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above the thread-receiving channel of said handle-body.

7. An embroidery needle comprising .a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, an outwardly and inwardly curved member ex tending from said body across the said thread-receiving channel to provide a thread retaining loop, a tubular extension at one end of said body, a needle having a portion within said'extension, and means connected with the shank of the needle, for attachment of the latter to said extension, combined with thread-engaging and clampingmeans pivotally mounted above the threadreceivingchannel of said handle-body.

8. An embroidery needle comprising a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending. thread-receiving channel, an outwardly and inwardly curved member extending from said body across the said thread-receiving channel to provide a thread retaining loop, a tubular extension at one end of said body, a needle having a portion within said'extension, and means connectedwith the shank of the needle, and with said extension for adjustably connecting the needle with said extension, combined with thread-engaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above the thread-receiving channel of-said handle-body.

9. An embroidery needle comprising a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, an outwardly and inwardly curved member extending from said body across the said thread-receiving channel to provide a thread-retaining loop, a tubular extension at one end of said body, said extension being longitudinally slitted and having a plurality of laterally extending short slits, a needle I having a portion movably disposed within said extension, and a. laterally extending member projecting from said needle, serving as a fingerpiece and being adapted to enter into retaining engagement with a laterally extending slit in said extension, combined with thread-engaging and clamping means pivotally mounted above thethreadreceiving channel of said handle-body.

10. An embroidery-needle comprising a handle-body provided with a longitudinally extending thread-receiving channel, a neef dle-member extending from said handle body, a thread-e g gi g and clamping means comprising a fingerpiece and a clamp- In testimony, that I claim the invention ing jaw, and a means of pivotal connection set forth above I have hereunto set my hand between said thread-engaging and clampthis 18th day of June,'192l. ing means and said handle-body for piv- SAMUEL M. R KER.

5 otally mounting said thread-engaging; and Vitnesses:

clampi means directly abovethe thread GEORGE D. RICHARDS, receiving channel in said handle-body. EVA E. DESOH. 

